PTA bans Xiaomi smartphones in Pakistan

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

An online commerce store dedicated for Xiaomi products restricted sale on Xiaomi mobiles in Pakistan owing to a bar put by the PTA. The website,…

Only 15.2% Android devices are running on Marshmallow

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Android 6.0 Marshmallow is slowly and steadily trying to make its way to more devices. It’s been one year since it was rolled out, and…

Italian company to establish high-tech concrete machinery plant in Pakistan

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Blend, an Italian company, has agreed to introduce a modernized and advanced Concrete machinery manufacturing plant with the cooperation of SWAN which is its partner…

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US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy launched at NUST

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with HEC has launched a US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy at NUST as…

Finja, Pakistani Startup, raises $1 million in seed funding

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Finja, a Pakistani FinTech startup has raised $1 million in a $1.5 Million bridge seed financing round led by Vostok Emerging Finance. Founded by tech…

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HEC announces Technology Development Fund, applications are now open!

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Higher Education Commission(HEC), Pakistan is taking steps to promote applied research in the country. Their new Technology Development Fund will finance proposals of completed interdisciplinary…

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Uber is spending $500 million to map the entire world

By Maryam Dodhy ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Uber has recently raised $13.5 billion in investments and recent investors have valued it at $62.5 billion, making it the highest valued private company in…

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Android 7.0 Nougat to land for a public release in August

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Android 7.0 Nougat could get a public launch in August along with a security update, revealed a reliable tipster Evan Blass (@evleaks). The tipster further…

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Some Pakistanis believe Prisma is related to the Illuminati

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Prisma is the new trend on social media these days, wowing users everywhere with its incredible machine-learning filters. But it doesn’t seem like everyone’s happy.…

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Senate finally approves the Cyber Crime Bill with over 50 amendments

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Today the Senate has given a final nod to the pending approval of the Cyber Crime Bill, recommending, over 50 amendments as well. The bill…

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These Prisma-fied pictures of Pakistani monuments have gone super viral

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

It has been a while since artistic Prisma-fied pictures started storming the news feeds everywhere on social media. Although the application was made available on…

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Telenor Velocity extends deadline for second batch to 30th of August

By Rehan Ahmed ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan’s first telecom-accelerator, Telenor Velocity, has extended its deadline for its 2nd Cohort after receiving an overwhelming response from the startup community. Telenor Velocity is…

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Chinese entrepreneurs visit Pakistan to explore investment opportunities

By Muneeb Ahmad ⏐ 9 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A delegate of Chinese entrepreneurs visited Pakistan to explore different investment opportunities. During the visit, the delegate expressed keen interests to invest in different fields…

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